Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,633 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Kwanzaa (1966- )
Frank Mann with a Waco Biplane
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Frank Calvin Mann (1908-1992)
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Otis Redding (1941-1967)
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Chaka Khan (1953- )

Explore Global African History

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Kingdom of Oyo (ca. 1500-1837)
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Brita Ababa Þórhallsdóttir (1999- )
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Yaa Asantewaa (mid-1800s-1921)
Empress Zewditu
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Empress Zewditu (1876-1930)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Taylor wearing a dark suit and top hat and holding what looks like a folded paper.
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Running for President: George Edwin Taylor, 1904
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The Black Presence in Theater through the Centuries in the Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
Montage of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Founders
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Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, The Boulé: A Brief Overview (1904- )
Running the Negro Out of Tulsa, June 1, 1921 (public domain)
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We Can Best Honor Our Past by Not Burying It: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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